Sams Cohoon Library

The Sams-Cohoon Library, the new Avery County Branch of the Tri-County / Public Library at Newland was dedicated on Sunday, June 9, 1963. A member of the / Grandfather Mountain Branch of the American Association of University Women / is credited with having sparked the drive / for funds for the building. A House / was purchased and rennovations were made by carpenters, skilled workers and others / who donated their services to the library." It is the only public building in Avery / County deeded to the County that was purchased without County funds."

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The Sams-Cohoon Library, the new Avery County Branch of the Tri-County / Public Library at Newland was dedicated on Sunday, June 9, 1963. A member of the / Grandfather Mountain Branch of the American Association of University Women / is credited with having sparked the drive / for funds for the building. A House / was purchased and rennovations were made by carpenters, skilled workers and others / who donated their services to the library." It is the only public building in Avery / County deeded to the County that was purchased without County funds."